CYRIL DESPRES WINS RALLYE D`ORIENT 2005
04 July 2005 - KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG

David Casteu was delighted to take the final special ahead of his team mate Michel Gau. Carlo De Gavardo posted the third fastest time.

Overall nothing changed for the first five. Cyril Despres rode an intelligent race, his only upset being a crash on the second day, to add the Rallye d’Orient to his list of victories.
Fourth overall behind David Casteu and Michel Gau, Carlo De Gavardo won the 450 category, with the Czech Jacek Czachor second and the Frenchman Tixador third.
In the quads, Christophe Declerck broke down with electrical problems on the start line, allowing the Portuguese rider Ricardo Santos to win ahead Jean-Philippe Caillet, who rides with an artificial leg.

Cyril Despres (1st overall) : « The result is very positive. Last year Richard Sainct and myself promised to race this event as we liked René’s attitude. I really enjoyed myself - the tracks, the navigation and the atmosphere were all that is best in rallye-raid. I am also very satisfied with my prototype KTM. Thanks to better fuel distribution, and the fact that it consumes less, it is much easier to throw around that the 660. Although it is 10 kph slower I think it is a good compromise.»

David Casteu (winner of the special) : « The navigation was tricky today but I didn’t make any mistakes. I knew that I had a little margin in relation to the third place overall and so I decided to enjoy myself. In Morocco I finished 3rd, here I finish 2nd, at the moment lady luck is shining on me. Now I am going to concentrate on preparing for the Dakar .»

Carlo De Gavardo (4th overall) : « I am happy to have finished this rallye without having had any problems with the bike, but I nevertheless feel I was a little unlucky not to have finished better.»

Ricardo Leal Santos (1st quads) : « Today it was my day to get lucky. »

Stage result
1 CASTEU David KTM SP +450 01h42’30 00h00’00 00h00’00
2 GAU Michel KTM SP +450 01h44’48 00h02’18 00h00’00
3 DE GAVARDO Carlo KTM SP 450 01h47’02 00h04’32 00h00’00
4 DESPRES Cyril KTM SP +450 01h47’08 00h04’38 00h00’00
5 DABROWSKI Marek KTM SP +450 01h51’53 00h09’23 00h00’00
6 CZACHOR Jacek KTM M +450 01h52’22 00h09’52 00h00’00
7 LICHTENSTEIGER Jacques KTM M +450 01h55’15 00h12’45 00h00’00
8 TIXADOR Gilles KTM PR 450 01h57’07 00h14’37 00h00’00
9 PALMER Lee KTM SP +450 01h59’06 00h16’36 00h00’00
10 ROBIN Dominique KTM M +450 02h15’36 00h33’06 00h00’00

Overall & final standing after 7 stages
1 DESPRES Cyril KTM SP +450 20h39’39 00h00’00 00h00’00
2 CASTEU David KTM SP +450 21h13’50 00h34’11 00h05’00
3 GAU Michel KTM SP +450 21h39’55 01h00’16 00h00’00
4 DE GAVARDO Carlo KTM SP 450 21h45’04 01h05’25 00h12’30
5 DABROWSKI Marek KTM SP +450 22h06’18 01h26’39 00h00’00
6 CZACHOR Jacek KTM M +450 22h18’16 01h38’37 00h00’00
7 PALMER Lee KTM SP +450 22h30’20 01h50’41 00h00’00
8 TIXADOR Gilles KTM PR 450 23h04’22 02h24’43 00h00’00
9 LICHTENSTEIGER Jacques KTM M +450 23h44’15 03h04’36 00h31’00
10 POLLI Oscar KTM M 450 23h47’50 03h08’11 00h00’00
11 ROBIN Dominique KTM M +450 24h08’32 03h28’53 00h15’00
12 BENEKE Christian KTM M +450 24h40’11 04h00’32 00h00’00
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KTM NORTH AMERICA
AMA MX Series: 5th round Buchanan, MI (04.07.2005)
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125 Results
1. Grant Langston KAW 1 2
2. Ryan Mills KTM 6 1
3. Andrew Short HON 3 3
4. Mike Alessi KTM 2 7
5. Josh Grant HON 4 6
6. Ivan Tedesco KAW 5 5
7. Mike Brown HON 10 4
8. Nate Ramsey KTM 9 8
9. Danny Smith YAM 8 12
10. Matt Walker KAW 12 9

125 Points
1. Mike Brown 193
2. Ivan Tedesco 169
3. Grant Langston 163
4. Josh Grant 158
5. Mike Alessi 157
6. Davi Millsaps 111
7. Andrew Short 105
8. Matt Walker 103
9. Broc Hepler 103
10. Ryan Hughes 103

Next event: July 17 - New Berlin NY

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